Ben's Auto Body, Inc. v. Progressive Alliances Insurance Agency, Inc.

Filing 31

ORDER 27 Motion to Compel., ( Motion Hearing set for 1/20/2009 02:30 PM before Magistrate Judge James R. Muirhead.) Signed by Magistrate Judge James R. Muirhead. (mm)

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE DISTRICT OF NEW HAMPSHIRE

Ben's Auto Body, Inc. v. Progressive Casualty Insurance Company, Progressive Direct Insurance Company ORDER Civil No. 07-cv-417-PB

The plaintiff moves to compel answers to interrogatories. Defendant interposes a catalogue of objections. Discussion This discovery dispute is precisely the type of unnecessary dispute I thought New Hampshire lawyers had become smart enough to resolve between themselves without any assistance from me. hearing will be held Tuesday, January 20, 2009, at 2:30 p.m. on the motion unless the parties and counsel notify the Clerk that they have resolved their answers. Each party and their attorney A

should be prepared to show cause why they should not be sanctioned.1

For example, plaintiff might well re-examine whether its discovery requests comply with Rules 26 and 33. The defense

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SO ORDERED. ____________________________________ James R. Muirhead United States Magistrate Judge Date: January 9, 2009 cc: Earl L. Kalil, Jr. Christopher E. Ratte, Esq. Russell F. Hilliard, Esq.

might well ask itself for a justification for the claim of privilege without a log and of "privacy claims" without moving for a protective order. 2